景点所在地用英语和意大利语明确警示,严厉禁止污损墙体。但是一些游客对此并不在意,罗马考古遗产特别监管局发言人表示,游客对待这些破败墙体的态度与对待其他梵蒂冈等知名景点的态度截然不同。
“There's a difference in perception. Museums are treated like churches, sacred places where there are things of great value. Whereas the Colosseum is an incomplete building which has already been robbed,” the spokesman said.
发言人说:“大家的态度不一样,觉得博物馆就像教堂,里面的东西很值钱;不过斗兽场好像是个破损的建筑,被人洗劫过一样。”
The Colosseum fell into disrepair after its heyday of hosting 73,000 spectators, watching gladiator fights to the death, and was at one point quarried for its stone. While the amphitheatre was completed in AD80, the section defaced on Saturday dates to the 1800s when the pope initiated restoration work.
斗兽场于公元80年完工,全盛时期能容纳7.3万名观众。角斗士在场内厮杀,供人取乐。斗兽场破败之后,有关方面曾进行修复。这次两位美国游客刻字的墙体就是19世纪修补上去的。
“It’s not an original wall but it’s nevertheless antique,” the spokesman said.
发言人说:“它不是最原始的那堵墙,但它还是文物啊。”
But the two unruly tourists are an incredibly small minority of around six million people who visit the Colosseum and Roman Forum each year. The sheer number of visitors to the Colosseum, coupled with staffing cuts, makes it increasingly challenging to catch tourists behaving badly. Security was upped at the Colosseum and other sites last month, following threats against Rome by Islamic State, but the focus is on stopping terrorists not rule-breaking tourists.
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